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Low back pain (LBP) is the most common cause of time lost from work and has significant personal impacts and societal burdens. Caregivers for patients with disabilities have a high LBP prevalence that requires attention in the public health system. This study aimed to understand the LBP disability outcomes and determinants of care workers for people with intellectual, autistic and associated multiple disabilities. Study subjects included 678 care workers in 15 disability institutions who reported that they had experienced acute or chronic nonspecific LBP in the previous year. The effects of the LBP outcome were measured by the Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ), which is a self-rated assessment of pain-related disability used in this study. The mean score of the RDQ was 3.97 (range 0–24). Of the respondents, 14% expressed that they were free from pain disability (score = 0), 66.4% subjects expressed they had a little pain disability (score 1–6), 14.7% subjects reported that they were mildly affected by pain disability (score 7–12), 3.8% subjects reported that they were moderately affected by pain disability (score 13–18), and 1% reported they had severe pain disability (score 19–24). A multiple linear regression of the pain disability score revealed that those care workers who expressed that LBP affects their work and living ( p < 0.001), had ever sought pain care ( p = 0.008), with moderate ( p = 0.001) and severe ( p = 0.001) levels of LBP were significantly associated with a higher score of pain disability than their counterparts ( R 2 = 22.6%). This study suggests that a comprehensive assessment of pain disability and treatment strategies for LBP should be undertaken regarding the needs of care workers in disability sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights: [•] To investigate the interference of LBP with everyday functions of life in disability care workers. [•] 78.9% subjects experienced mild, 13.7% experienced moderate, and 5.3% experienced severe pain. [•] More than one in five reported that BPI moderately or severely interfered with their daily functions. [•] Many working conditions and pain experienced significantly correlated with the score of pain interference. [•] Future initiatives to decrease the interference of LBP to care workers in needed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Highlights: [•] To investigate prevalence and risk factors for LBP in caregivers of people with disabilities. [•] 63.2% of the participants reported that they had LBP in the previous year. [•] The risk factors of LBP include gender, married, direct care staff, health status, or medication experience of musculoskeletal discomfort. [•] Future initiatives to avoid the progression of LBP in the workplace in needed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Highlights: [•] To investigate the dementia prevalence rate and its associated demographical factors in adults with an ID. [•] The results revealed that 16.5% of the respondents might have dementia conditions. [•] Older ID adults and comorbid diseases had a higher risk of dementia than their counterparts. [•] It is needed to further longitudinal studies to examine the aging effects in this group. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article focuses on a cross-sectional study conducted at 30 worksites in Taiwan which suggested that companies that initiates health promotion programs need to conduct a detailed assessment of nature of the workplace settings and the perceptions of employees. It states that Taiwan Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) Initiatives helped employees to improve their personal health skills. It informs that health services and health environment domains agreed to health promotion effectiveness.